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Her skin, already fair, became like porcelain, smooth and flawless, almost glowing with a soft inner light. The surface of her flesh pulsed with violet sigils of dark magic. Her features sharpened, but in a way that only enhanced her beauty, turning her face into something ethereal and otherworldly. Her eyes gleamed with a vibrant golden and amethyst light that seemed to hold the very essence of the heavens. Her ears lengthened into sharp elfish points and I held my breath.
And then, from her back, wings began to unfurl—large, magnificent wings that stretched out with a grace and power that took my breath away. The feathers were pure white, but at the tips, they darkened to a deep, rich violet. The wings fluttered once, twice, sending ripples of light cascading through the air as they settled around her, framing her in a halo of luminescence.
She hovered there, suspended by the magic that had transformed her, her beauty now transcendent, like something from a dream.
She’d become an angel of the light and the dark all wrapped into one.
My heart pounded in my chest as I stared up at her, overwhelmed by the sight before me.
I knew what was happening. The prophecy was coming to pass and there was nothing either of us could do to stop it. I glanced down at the altar, seeing the stark red of the blood of thefour Dragonborne mates mingling together in a swirling pool of crimson, and everything started to make sense.
The prophecy had been fulfilled.
The barriers between the realms would fall. The power to dominate all five realms would be ours—mine—if I chose to take it. But as I looked at Aria, her ethereal beauty glowing with a light that seemed to cleanse the very darkness around us, I realized something profound.
I didn’t want to rule over them all anymore.
The thirst for power, the ambition that had once driven me, now felt like a distant memory, overshadowed by something far greater. The prophecy had promised dominion, but what I craved now was not control over the realms—it was her.
My queen, my one true mate.
The barriers between realms could fall, and the world could bend to my will, but what did it matter if I didn’t have her by my side?
Aria was all that mattered. Her safety, her happiness, her love. She had become my everything, and as I stood there, the weight of the prophecy heavy on my shoulders, I knew that I would gladly give it all up for her.
For my little thief. My angel of light in the darkness.
She descended slowly, her wings folding gracefully behind her as her feet touched the floor. I reached out to her, my hand trembling as I took hers in mine, the warmth of her skin soothing the wild thrum of my heart. She was still Aria, but there was a strength in her now, a power that made her seemuntouchable, like a goddess who had descended to walk among mortals.
“Aria,” I whispered, my voice thick with emotion. “You’re… incredible.”
For the first time, I felt truly at peace. She was my anchor, my reason, and I knew that as long as she was by my side, nothing else mattered.
“I don’t care about ruling the realms,” I said, more to myself than to her, my voice trembling with the weight of the revelation. “Let the barriers fall, let the world change… all I want is you, Aria. My queen, my mate, my everything.”
No throne, no crown, nothing could ever compare to the gift I had been given—the love of my queen. And that was the only power I needed.
CHAPTER 27
Helheim
Aria
A whisper of wind brushed past me, carrying with it a sense of familiarity. I turned slowly, my heart skipping a beat as I saw her—standing at the edge of the balcony, her presence as enigmatic and unsettling as ever.
The seer had returned.
Her gaze, deep and knowing, locked onto mine, and for a moment, it was as if time stood still.
“You’ve done well, Aria,” the seer said, her voice soft yet resonant, echoing with the weight of ages. “The prophecy has come to pass, and the realms are at peace.”
I searched her face, looking for answers to the questions that had plagued me. “Why are you here? Is there more I need to do?”
The seer smiled faintly, her expression unreadable. “No, child. Your journey is complete. The path I set you on has reached its end.”
I took a deep breath, the tension in my chest easing slightly. “Then why do I still feel… unsettled?”
The seer stepped closer, her gaze gentle but piercing. “Because you have been through much, and the weight of prophecy is not easily shed. But know this: the future is now yours to shape. The power is no longer in the hands of fate, but in yours and Hades’. You have earned the peace you now hold.”
